Friday, February 12, 2010

Another bout has been added to the Pacquiao-Clottey undercard in the form of Humberto Soto vs. David Diaz. Soto (50-7-2, 32 KOs) will be making the move up to lightweight as he and David Diaz (35-2-1, 17 KOs) will go head to head for the vacant WBC lightweight title - the very same one that Edwin Valero just defended, though with the champ now on the shelf for the time being, his title is up for grabs.

Diaz is coming off a decision win over Jesus Chavez and previously held that WBC title until it was brutally lifted from him by Manny Pacquiao in 2008.

Soto on the other hand has a six-fight win streak going having just beaten the apparent whipping boy for future title challengers in Jesus Chavez this past December.

Manny Pacquiao Profile

Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao born December 17, 1978, more commonly known as Manny Pacquiao, is a Filipino professional boxer.

He is currently the WBO World welterweight champion, Ring Magazine light welterweight champion, and is rated by Ring Magazine as the number 1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world.

He is also the former WBC World lightweight champion, WBC World super featherweight champion, IBF World super bantamweight champion, and WBC World flyweight champion. Furthermore, he is the former Ring Magazine featherweight and super featherweight champion.

Joshua Clottey Profile

Joshua Clottey (born in March 16, 1976 in Accra, Ghana) is a Welterweight boxer who hails from Accra, Ghana, but now lives in the Bronx, New York. He is the former IBF Welterweight Champion.